Only the policy-holder has the right to cancel. You have no say in the matter.
It depends on who is the owner of the policy. The policy owner has complete control of the policy once issued. If you are the owner you can cancel it or just change the beneficiary if you want. If she is the owner forget it. You have no say so on the policy.
The circumstances can vary greatly here. It will depend on what the conditions of alimony are, for one. If the ex-husband isn't required to keep the ex-wife as a beneficiary on a life insurance policy, and decides to remove the ex-wife, then the ex-wife will receive nothing.
You must keep the life insurance policy that was discussed in the divorce until your ex remarries. But there is nothing to keep you from buying a new policy and making your new wife ITS beneficiary. That has nothing to do with the divorce decree.
Not if the ex-wife has any insurable interest in the ex spouse. If you could prove that the ex no longer had any insurable interest, and did not pay toward the policy itself, then it might be possible to challenge it in court. It would be a very difficult case to win in any case, because the owner of the policy had the ability for years to change the beneficiary of the policy and did not exercise the option, and it is impossible to know what their wishes were.
If you had life insurance to cover your wife and children, then you may have not realized you could have agreed (if you were divorced) that your wife would continue to have your life insurance policy. I have no idea where the grandparents came into this. Get a copy of the life insurance policy and see a lawyer about this. There is a little more to it and therefore, more complicated. You really need legal advice on this one. Sorry I couldn't help you more.
Unless the ex husband changed the beneficiary to someone else, then the insurance money goes to her. It is not really an issue of relationship, but rather the person named is the one who gets it.
If she's still the beneficiary, yes. The life insurance policy is completely separate from the will.
it depends how they died
Yes he can. There are three important factors about an insurance policy. The owner, the insured, and the beneficiary. He can be either the owner or the beneficiary if you signed off on it. I would check to see if you are either of those and if you are the owner then you can cancel the policy. If you are the beneficiary then you would be fine.
If she is agreeable to it. The insured typically has to sign the application and undergo a physical, it isn't something that can be done in secret. And if there are children involved there is certainly a reason to do so.
Whoever is the named beneficiary on the policy will collect the death benefit.
The beneficiaries on your life insurance policy will receive the life insurance benefits. Please make sure your policy is updated with the correct beneficiaries. Many people forget to update their life insurance policy after divorce, or any other major life event and unfortunately the ex-husband or ex-wife receives the benefits. If all the beneficiaries named on the policy are deceased, then the benefit will go to the insured's estate (which may or may not go to the deceased children. The only way to ensure that the benefits are going to the intended person(s), is to update your insurance policy's beneficiaries.